Search the catalog of every cataloged Earth-orbiting object — ~69,000 satellites, rocket b
Search the catalog of every cataloged Earth-orbiting object — ~69,000 satellites, rocket bodies, and debris tracked by US Space Force / 18 SDS (via CelesTrak SATCAT). Filter by name (q, e.g. "starlink"), owner/launching country (owner — code like US/PRC/CIS or a name like "china"), object type (type = payload | rocket body | debris | unknown), launch-year range (launchYearFrom/launchYearTo), international/COSPAR designator prefix (intlDesignator, e.g. "2024-"), on-orbit vs decayed (onOrbit), or exact NORAD number (noradId). Each result carries the NORAD id, name, international designator, object type, owner + resolved country, launch date + site, decay date (null = still in orbit), and orbital parameters (period, inclination, apogee, perigee). The envelope total is the full count matching your filter — so onOrbit=true&type=payload answers "how many active satellites are up there", and owner=PRC tells you who launched them. For a satellite's live sub-point position, pass its noradId to /api/space/satellite.
Provider
2s-rjsw718bb-alleyford.vercel.app · discovered, not yet claimed by its owner
Payment (x402 accepts[])
[
{
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "eip155:84532",
"payTo": "0xcEE4259Fae5931078Cd3ed030180E55F11BB9f35",
"asset": "0x036CbD53842c5426634e7929541eC2318f3dCF7e",
"amount": "1200",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 60
},
{
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp",
"payTo": "TW6ntaGzvj63ZgPjszd4FCGmVTGfzv1MAYZbjYcyWhn",
"asset": "EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v",
"amount": "1200",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 60
}
]Output schema
{
"bazaar": {
"info": {
"input": {
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"limit": 3,
"onOrbit": "true",
"q": "starlink"
},
"type": "http"
},
"output": {
"example": {
"items": [
{
"decayDate": null,
"intlDesignator": "2019-074A",
"launchDate": "2019-11-11",
"launchSite": "AFETR",
"name": "STARLINK-1007",
"noradId": 44713,
"objectType": "PAYLOAD",
"onOrbit": true,
"opsStatus": "+",
"orbit": {
"apogeeKm": 547,
"inclinationDeg": 53.05,
"orbitType": "ORB",
"perigeeKm": 542,
"periodMin": 95.6
},
"owner": "US",
"ownerName": "United States",
"rcsM2": null
}
],
"ok": true,
"source": {
"license": "Public-domain orbital + cataloging data (US Space Force / 18 SDS, redistributed by CelesTrak).",
"provider": "CelesTrak SATCAT",
"url": "https://celestrak.org/satcat/"
},
"total": 10551
},
"type": "json"
}
},
"schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"properties": {
"method": {
"const": "GET"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"intlDesignator": {
"description": "International/COSPAR designator prefix (e.g. \"2024-\").",
"type": "string"
},
"launchYearFrom": {
"description": "Earliest launch year (inclusive).",
"type": "integer"
},
"launchYearTo": {
"description": "Latest launch year (inclusive).",
"type": "integer"
},
"limit": {
"description": "Max rows (default 25).",
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"noradId": {
"description": "Exact NORAD catalog number.",
"type": "integer"
},
"offset": {
"description": "Pagination offset.",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
"onOrbit": {
"description": "true = still in orbit; false = decayed/reentered.",
"enum": [
"true",
"false"
],
"type": "string"
},
"owner": {
"description": "Owner/launching country — SATCAT code (US, PRC, CIS, ESA…) or a name (\"china\").",
"type": "string"
},
"q": {
"description": "Name substring match (e.g. \"starlink\", \"iss\").",
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"description": "Object type: payload | rocket body | debris | unknown.",
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"type": {
"const": "http"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"queryParams"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}
}
}Use it
curl
curl "https://2s-rjsw718bb-alleyford.vercel.app/api/space/satellites" # -> 402 Payment Required, accepts[] lists how to pay # retry with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE (or PAYMENT header) once paid
JavaScript
const res = await fetch("https://2s-rjsw718bb-alleyford.vercel.app/api/space/satellites");
if (res.status === 402) {
const { accepts } = await res.json();
// pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment header
}Python
import httpx
res = httpx.get("https://2s-rjsw718bb-alleyford.vercel.app/api/space/satellites")
if res.status_code == 402:
accepts = res.json()["accepts"]
# pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment headerMachine-readable
Everything on this page is also available as clean JSON at /resources/15622.json, and this resource appears in /discovery/resources and /discovery/search.